Outreach Programs

CalSavers

CalSavers is an Individual Retirement Account (IRA) for individuals who do not have access to a retirement plan through their place of employment or those who are seasonal workers, self-employed, or just want to save more for their retirement.

For Individual Savers

You can opt to invest anywhere from 0% to 5% of your paycheck into their IRA, and the plan is transferable if you change jobs. CalSavers enrollment begins automatically at 5%, but you can opt-out at any time or change how much you save. It’s completely customizable.

For Employers

With CalSavers, most California businesses are required to provide retirement plans for their employees, depending on how many employees they have. This program is offered to employers at no cost. Registration is quick and easy. There are no employer fees and no fiduciary responsibility.

Whether you’re an individual or a business interested in CalSavers, contact us with any questions.

Covered California

Regular and Special Enrollment

Through our partnership with United Ways of California, we have on-site certified enrollment counselors who can help you get health insurance during regular enrollment periods and throughout the rest of the year.

Anyone who experiences a qualifying life event can enroll in or update their health plan through Covered California even outside the open enrollment period. This is called Special Enrollment.

Qualifying Life Events include:

Getting married
Having a baby
Starting or losing a job
Buying a new home
Just finding out about the penalty (you can still apply until April 30th)

If you need health insurance and aren’t sure what your options are, call our office for help at (559) 244-5710.

Help Me Grow

Help Me Grow is a system used throughout the United States to help children reach their optimal development by kindergarten. It does this by streamlining existing services to make those resources easier for families to use. The goal is to identify more children with developmental concerns and link families to helpful services as early as possible in a child’s life.

Help Me Grow Fresno County can answer your questions about your child’s development from birth to age five. Services are free and confidential. Their trained Call Line Care Coordinators will listen to and follow your family’s questions. Call 1-866-KIDS-HMG (1-866-543-7464) any time of the day.

Kinship Care CA

Kinship families are part of all communities across California and kinship caregivers provide essential care and nurturing for their kinship children. Kinship families offer a tremendous opportunity for vulnerable children and youth to join a part of their extended family when their immediate family cannot care for them. United Ways of California’s new KinshipCareCA.org is a free, one-stop navigator to meet the immediate needs of kinship caregivers and foster parents, helping you locate nearby resources, access benefits, and/or receive general support via its online search feature and dedicated team of highly trained call specialists. The website is aimed to increase your capacity to provide safe, stable, and nurturing homes for the children in your care.

Kinship caregivers open their hearts and homes to a relative’s child. Approximately half of California’s 59,156 foster children are living with extended family members or other relatives. Studies have shown that kinship foster care can lead to better emotional health, fewer placements, and better outcomes. Offering these tools and kinds of support makes for stronger families all-around.

KinshipCareCA.org includes location-based resources for respite care, childcare, healthcare, education, and many other developmental and quality of life assets. Additionally, it provides access to resources supporting stability and the fulfillment of basic needs, such as utility, housing, and food assistance.

Listos California

Listos California is an initiative from Governor Newsom’s office to ensure that California’s most vulnerable populations are as prepared as possible to deal with the possibility of disasters like fire, flood, earthquake, and (as we’ve learned recently) pandemics like COVID-19.

Within a year, the campaign has already reached one in four Californians with life-saving messaging on COVID-19. Over 600,000 Californians now have “person-to-person” contact on accessible disaster preparedness information.

Disaster Preparedness is now as easy as a text message. California residents can sign up to learn how to get prepared for natural disasters by texting LISTOSCA to 72345. Preparedness information and resources are even available in multiple indigenous languages by texting VOX to 211211.

To learn more, visit listoscalifornia.org.